Arcade Attack Retro Gaming Podcast
Retro gaming chat with James, Keith, Adrian and Dylan plus interviews with a plethora of gaming legends. Almost a million downloads and 300+ episodes to enjoy. arcadeattack.co.uk/podcasts/
Episodes
Kevin Bayliss reflects on his incredible career at Rare in this fascinating interview. He worked on some incredible games including Donkey Kong Country, Battletoads, Diddy Kong Racing and Killer Instinct.
Kevin shares some amazing stories including how he created Diddy Kong, why Rare and Nintendo had such an iconic partnership in the 90s, and how Diddy Kong Racing could have looked very different.
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It's time for us to rip off, er, I mean, pay homage to the BBC in the only way we know how and bring back Arcade Attack's Desert Island Diskettes. Try saying that after a few shandies.
As it's a comeback for the format, the boys get to choose only two games they'd have if they were stranded on a desert island.
Look out for more of these in the future! If you're a retro gaming (or gaming) conte...
Did you know that not every video game character was designed by Sega or Nintendo? I know, scary.
After revealing the top 25 characters of the aforementioned companies in previous pods, we finally look at the best of the rest...
Who will be crowned the best? Will it be a street fighter, maybe a resident evil resident, a mere mortal who likes to kombat or perhaps even an alien from the Nth Dimension? Enjoy this top 25!
The podcast i...
Next week we're presenting you with our top 25 video game characters not created by Sega or Nintendo - but this week, enjoy this bonus podcast where we look at some of the unlucky characters who did not make our top 25!
Did your favourite character make the subs bench? Should they have ranked higher? Get ready to shout at us as we reveal the characters who did not make our top 25 of all time!
The podcast is now WEEKLY! Want to help...
In a follow up to last week's episode, we continue our look back at the gaming scene circa March 1993 by delving into three more of the most popular magazines of the time, including a perspective from across the pond courtesy of Electronic Gaming Monthly.
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Remember a time when print media was still relevant? We do, and without gaming magazines Arcade Attack would (probably) never have been born. So join us as we take a look back at the March 1993 issue of the mighty Sega Power, and share some of our own magazine related tales...
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Ryoichi Hasegawa is a true SEGA legend. He helped produce some classic titles including NiGHTS into Dreams, Crazy Taxi, Streets of Rage 3, Burning Rangers, Ecco the Dolphin and Sonic Jam. He also worked on other classic titles such as Crash Bandicoot, Spyro the Dragon, Jak and Daxter and The Last of Us for Sony.
Stories include his work on Streets of Rage 3 and why it was so much harder for US gamers, his showdown with Nintendo whe...
It's time for Dyl to give the boys lots of books he's accumulated over the years which bring AI, Witcher and other discussions to the table..
The podcast is now WEEKLY! Want to help us keep going? Become a Patreon of ours for only $4/£3 per month. Find out more at:
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We've plenty of retro gaming video content (if that's your thang) at:
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For our back catalogue o...
Following on from last week's pod, James tackles all the toys we loved at Christmas in the 1990s...
Fancy discussing this podcast? Fancy suggesting a topic of conversation? The best way to do that is to become a Patreon of ours for only $4/£3 per month. Find out more at:
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We've plenty of retro gaming video content (if that's your thang) at:
https://www.youtube.com/@ArcadeAttack
For our back catal...
What were the world's favourite Christmas toys in the 1980s? James has a jolly good shot at naming them in this week's podcast! Next week, the '90s!
That's right, from this week we are now WEEKLY again! Want to help keep us going? The best way to do that is to become a Patreon of ours for only $4/£3 a month.
Find out more at:
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We've plenty of retro gaming video content (if that's your thang) at:
Erik Wahlberg, John Brandstetter, Kich Ma and Frank Lucero helped create Eternal Champions and share the behind the scenes story of creating one of SEGA's biggets hits!
Eternal Champions and the follow up title Challenge from the Dark Side are both discussed in great detail with the people who made these titles possible. This amazing SEGA team helped take on Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat.
They reflect on the game's development a...
What is Minecraft? Er, watch and listen as Dyl scrambles to answer this question whilst also covering the Jack Black 'A Minecraft Movie' as well as the Minecraft Experience.
That's a whole lotta Minecraft.
You can watch Dyl play Minecraft while listening to this podcast if you wish.
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Scott Miller is the gaming legend who founded Apogee Software and 3D Realms. He's best known in our circles for being a pioneer of the shareware model that helped change gaming forever.
Scott also helped launch some amazing titles including Duke Nukem 3D, Max Payne, Commander Keen and Raptor. Scott shares some amazing stories on his hit titles, how he helped id Software on their way and also the truth behind Duke Nukem Forever and ...
Love a bit of Barbie's fashion parade? Sunk an unholy amount of hours into a game? Really enjoyed one of those universally hated titles? Well this pod is just for you!
We look at a whole host of your guilty gaming pleasures. So strap in and enjoy, hopefully without too much cringe.
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Dust off your old HI-FI systems and Walkmans and take a deep dive into the amazing story of Cassette 50!
This compilation game was advertised in every 8-bit computer magazine under the sun and promised 50 of the best games ever made for a bargain price! Was Cascade Games' offer too good to true? Well, you better tune in to find out…
We also share some quite incredible cassette-based memories that include the invention of podcasting...
WARNING: This interview includes swearing and themes that are not appropriate for children.
DOUBLE WARNING: Don't let the kids hear this!
Cliff Bleszinski (aka CliffyB) is the legendary game designer best known for his work on the Unreal and Gears of War franchises while at Epic Games. After leaving Epic in 2012, he co-founded Boss Key Productions which released LawBreakers.
In this no-holds-barred interview, Cliff reflects on the ...
One more from the archives before we return in a fortnight with an absolute humdinger of an episode.
Speaking of humdingers, this is one of our favourite ever chats from the AA vaults. SEGA legend and 6th member of Arcade Attack, the late and great Michael Latham.
So if you've not heard it before (or you want to enjoy it again), the highlights include Michael covering his time working at Activision (Ghostbusters/Power Drift), meeti...
Another fantastic interview from the archives to keep you going until our return in the autumn.
For our 50th epsisode almost seven years ago, we welcomed SEGA legend and retro gaming god Al Nilsen to the show.
One of the integral cogs in the SEGA machine of the early 90s, his work ensured that a certain blue hedgehog made the impact he did. Enjoy (or re-enjoy if you listened to us in 2018) 90 minutes of retro bliss!
Fancy discussi...
In late 2024 we sadly lost retro gaming legend Martyn Brown - the co-founder of Team17 who helped establish some of our favourite (mostly Amiga-based) franchises such as Body Blows, Worms and Alien Breed.
Back in 2022 he was kind enough to give Adrian an hour of his time to retell some of those amazing stories. So as a tribute to Martyn, here is that interview.
Martyn Brown (1967 - 2024)
Fancy suggesting a topic of conversation? Th...
As some of you may know, we're now on a short break for the summer holidays. To tide you over until autumn/fall we're going to release some of our favourite interviews from our back catalogue.
He's best known for his outstanding work on the Turrican games but you'll have heard his excellent music scores in many, many other places. Adrian chatted to the legend that is Chris Huelsbeck!
Originally released in 2018.
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